Elder: ABH wrong on illegal immigrants
More often than not, Athens Banner-Herald Editorial Page Editor Jim Thompson just doesn't get it (Editor's Desk, "OK, Eric, but ..." Wednesday). When extreme examples are put forth in espousing a viewpoint, one can rest assured the argued premise is either weak or nonexistent. In a strained apples-and-oranges comparison, Thompson can't see the forest for the trees. To accuse Republican gubernatorial hopeful Eric Johnson of politics in his criticism of illegal immigrant Jessica Colotl, a student at Kennesaw State University, misses the point entirely.
Thompson's counterproposal (one that he would doubtless extend to any politician) that Johnson sign an affidavit certifying none of his donors employ illegal immigrants, rent to illegal immigrants or sell homes to illegal immigrants is the ultimate in straw-grasping extremism. What tripe!
Some background is due those new to the area, those who may have missed the original column or those who may have forgotten: Check out the Banner-Herald's online archive for the Sept. 28, 2005, editorial headlined "Immigration bill won't curb state's illegal population." Thompson, presumably with editorial board concurrence, ridiculed then-under-consideration Georgia Senate Bill 170, asserting, "In plainer language, the proposed legislation is designed to keep illegal immigrants from accessing state government services."
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